Time To Keep It Simple serves as a record of my life as a traveler, writer, genealogist, photographer, target sports enthusiast, Rotarian, Mason, Jew, PR professional, and many other (mostly positive) things. In addition to this daily blog I am also the man behind the curtain (not named Oz) at gettingyourphil.blogspot.com and I previously blogged at fromgoytooleh.blogspot.com.

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

TMI Tuesday: Where Am I?

Before
our recent long vacation we had spent a few nights in hotel rooms here and
there with our son. Basically, we used those weekend trips to get him used to
traveling and sleeping at night in the pack and play. He seemed to be fine for
a night or two so we were feeling pretty good about this little adventure. In
fact, he enjoyed being out and on the go during those brief periods.

Our Virginia
trip consisted of nine nights across four different hotels. A big change from a night or two over the weekend. However, each night he went right to bed with
nearly the same effort as at home and every morning he would wake up early
looking for mommy and daddy with only the slight hint of “where the heck are we”
on his face. Once he caught a glimpse of us he would settle right down and
almost seemed eager to begin exploring again.

Of
course, those were the mornings and with as many miles as we put on the car
(about 2,500 total), it was the car seat that he began getting tired of rather
than the sleeping arrangement. Once we got somewhere and pulled him out of the
car so he could stretch a little bit he liked to look around and take in the
different people and places around him. He still had those same looks on his face
of curiosity and wonderment that he did in the morning but as long as he had
his mommy and daddy (or grandmom and granddad) he was okay.

Actually,
I really enjoyed bringing him to these different places both the ones that I haven’t seen in decades and also the one that I was seeing for the first time right along with him. And the same can be said for all of us on this
exploration. Being able to share that rediscovery with my dad going to the different
towns and places (both on road and off road) is something that I will never
forget. Having my son with me and having my dad share these place with him was
one of the highlights of the trip.

In the
end, while we were pretty sure of it before. We know for a fact that our son
likes to travel. Actually, it was pretty funny when he had that same expression
of “where the heck am I” when he woke up yesterday morning in his own bed. I
guess we will have to start planning some more trips in the near future.